A chronic protection problem
The DPRK and the Responsibility to Protect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4031216 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex J Bellamy (0000-0003-2490-4613, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland, Australia and Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 225-244 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2346.12232 |
| OpenAlex | W2093732700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) is arguably the world's most chronic abuser of human rights. In an unprecedented move, a Commission of Inquiry established by the UN's Human Rights Council accused the DPRK government of systematic violations of human rights amounting to crimes against humanity. In so doing, the Commission succeeded in putting human rights in the DPRK on the global agenda. Within months the UN's General Assembly and Security Council had joined the human rights body in examining the issue. This article explains the emergence of this new engagement with human rights in the DPRK, showing its relation to the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ principle. It charts the growing sense of frustration felt at the lack of progress on human rights in DPRK and shows how this was manifested in the General Assembly's decision to pursue the Commission's recommendations and call on the Security Council to take concrete steps. Despite this, however, the article shows that there are powerful obstacles in the way of a more robust international approach to human rights in the DPRK and counsels a less confrontational approach focused on engaging China and building trust within the Security Council
China · Commission · Crimes against humanity · Democracy · General assembly · Government (linguistics) · Human rights · Human security · Humanity · International human rights law · International law · Political science · Politics · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · War crime · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |